GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE MINISTRY OF BASIC AND SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION Resettlement Policy Framework Free Education Project May 2019 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of tables List of figures Abbreviations Executive Summary 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Project Development Objectives ...................................................................................... 2 2.2 Project Components ......................................................................................................... 2 3 OBJECTIVES OF THE RPF ................................................................................................... 6 4 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE ............................................................................................... 7 4.1 Country background ......................................................................................................... 7 4.2 Population......................................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Socioeconomic conditions in Sierra Leone ...................................................................... 8 4.4 Education and Literacy..................................................................................................... 9 4.5 Employment and Poverty ............................................................................................... 11 5 POTENTIAL RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS AND MITIGATIONS .................................. 12 6 PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES GOVERNING RESETTLEMENT PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ......................................................................................................... 14 7 RESETTLEMENT PROCESS AND APPROVAL .............................................................. 16 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 16 7.2 The screening process .................................................................................................... 16 7.3 Preparation of RAP/ARAP ............................................................................................ 16 7.4 Consultations .................................................................................................................. 18 7.5 Baseline/ Census survey ................................................................................................. 18 7.6 Cut-Off Date ................................................................................................................... 19 7.7 Relocation and compensation......................................................................................... 19 8 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENTS ............................................................................... 21 8.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 21 8.2 Identification of Project Affected People ....................................................................... 21 8.3 Eligibility Process .......................................................................................................... 22 8.4 Eligibility for Community Compensation ...................................................................... 23 ii 8.5 Approximate number of PAPs ....................................................................................... 23 8.6 Economic displacement.................................................................................................. 23 8.7 Entitlements for compensations ..................................................................................... 24 9 METHODS OF VALUING AFFECTED ASSETS .............................................................. 29 9.1 Valuation Principles ....................................................................................................... 29 9.2 Methods of valuing assets .............................................................................................. 29 9.3 Forms of compensation payments for various eligible PAPs ........................................ 30 9.3.1 Cash payments ............................................................................................................ 30 9.3.2 In-kind compensation ................................................................................................. 31 9.3.3 Resettlement and economic assistance ....................................................................... 31 9.3.4 Rehabilitation Assistance ........................................................................................... 31 10 POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT ....................... 32 10.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 32 10.2 Legal and Policy framework .......................................................................................... 32 10.2.1 Land tenure related legislations .............................................................................. 32 10.3 National Lands Policy, 2015 .......................................................................................... 35 10.4 National Environmental Policy (1994) and cultural heritage issues .............................. 36 10.5 Overview of Land Tenure and Ownership ..................................................................... 36 10.5.1 In the Western Area .................................................................................................... 36 10.5.2 In the Provinces .......................................................................................................... 37 10.5.3 Family Tenure............................................................................................................. 38 10.5.4 Communal Tenure ...................................................................................................... 38 10.5.5 Individual Tenure ....................................................................................................... 38 10.6 The Local Government Act 2004 ................................................................................... 39 10.7 World Bank Performance Standard on Land Acquisition, Restriction of Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement (ESS5) .............................................................................................. 39 10.7.1 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL POLICIES WITH WORLD BANK REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................. 41 10.8 Administrative and Institutional Framework ................................................................. 47 10.8.1 Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education ................................................... 47 10.8.2 Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs ..... 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Bookmark not defined. iii 10.8.3 Ministry of Lands, Housing and the Environment ..................................................... 48 10.8.4 Ministry of Finance (MOF) ........................................................................................ 48 10.8.5 The Environment Protection Agency ......................................................................... 48 10.8.6 Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) .......................... 49 10.8.7 Ministry of Justice ...................................................................................................... 49 10.8.8 District Education Office ............................................................................................ 50 10.8.9 School management committees (SMCs)................................................................... 50 10.8.10 Other relevant district departments ..................................................................... 51 11 SITE SELECTION, PREPARATION AND RELOCATION/ resettlement measures ......... 52 11.1 Identification and preparation of relocation sites ........................................................... 52 11.2 Physical relocation and transitional assistance............................................................... 52 11.3 Relocation of businesses ................................................................................................ 53 11.4 Relocation of infrastructure ............................................................................................ 53 11.5 Relocation of cultural heritage sites and sites of cultural and/or religious significance 53 11.6 Tenure and transfer of titles ........................................................................................... 53 12 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR DELIVERY OF COMPENSATION AND OTHER RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE ........... 54 13 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR RESETTLEMENT ............................................. 59 13.1 Time schedule for the implementation of the RAPs ...................................................... 59 13.2 Linking resettlement implementation to civil works...................................................... 59 14 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISMS .......................................................................... 64 14.1 Introduction